Many whistleblowers continue to work for their employers for as long as possible after they make an internal or external whistleblower report. Losing a job is hard, and the employees who are whistleblowers make reports because they want their employer to stop wrong conduct, not because they don’t want to continue working for them. Sometimes, […]
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it is clear that not only has the health of the environment suffered tremendously, the health of the people who live and work in the Gulf Coast area is severely impacted. Those who are experiencing long-term illnesses related to the oil spill and their doctors are saying […]
No one was hurt in a recent Pike County accident involving a log truck and a passenger vehicle. Drivers in the area experienced minor inconveniences when authorities closed the road to allow for removal of the wrecked log truck and its load of logs, which spilled out when the truck went off of the road. […]
The cold days of winter are mostly behind us, and warmer weather brings with it many different types of outdoor work. Working outdoors in the springtime can be enjoyable. Still, as summer draws near and heat and humidity levels rise, the risk of heat-related on the job illnesses and injuries increases. The types of outdoor […]
A person and a cow are dead following a recent motor vehicle wreck on Highway 18. A man was driving a van westbound on Highway 18 when he struck a cow that was on the road. His van then went off the highway and hit a tree. The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. […]
Most workplaces use electricity. From the electrical systems that power office buildings where employees use computers and other electronic devices to do their work to large manufacturing facilities that power massive machines with large amounts of electricity, electricity flows around most of us for much of our workday. Unfortunately, electricity can hurt and even kill […]
Last month, we shared information about several basic types of personal injury claims. You may have experienced an injury that is not one of the injuries discussed in that article. Your injury could also possibly give rise to a personal injury claim if you were hurt by no fault of your own. The first thing […]
An employee of the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed a complaint against the agency, alleging that the Bureau is allowing illegal activities to occur on federal public lands in Nevada. Dan Patterson, a BLM employee, was suspended after making the complaint, which describes what he believes to be multiple violations of […]
The management teams of large companies like Columbia Gas of Massachusetts do not see every detail of the day to day operations of their companies. Fortunately, those companies have thousands of employees who are working for them every day who see every detail of their work. Those employees are a valuable source of information that […]
Money laundering has been going on for over two thousand years, and many people are unaware of how much money is laundered on a worldwide basis every year. It is estimated that between eight hundred billion and two trillion dollars of cash annually are received illegally and passed through legal businesses to make those dollars […]